TheBushati family (Albanian:Bushatllinjtë) is an Albanian Muslim family that ruled thePashalik of Scutari from 1757 to 1831.
They are descendants of the medieval Bushati tribe, a pastoralist tribe (fis) innorthern Albania and Montenegro. The name Bushat is compound ofmbë fshat (above the village).[1] This is a reference to them being pastoralists that weren't permanently settled. The Bushati started to settle permanently in the 15th century and this process had been completed in the late 16th century. Their settlement includes the village ofBushat in Shkodër in theZadrima plain from where the Bushati family came. Another part settled with the tribe ofBukumiri in the would-be territory of thePiperi tribe, where they gradually became part of the new, larger tribe in the late 16th century. In the defter of 1497 they appear askatun Bushat in Piperi with 35 households.[2]
The Bushati family traces their origin to the Begaj brotherhood of Bushati that had converted toIslam possibly in the early 17th century. To promote their status and political goals statesmen, commanders and leaders from that family put forward different theories about their origins. Turkish travellerEvliya Çelebi in his time recorded a story about them being descendants of a Jusuf Bey Plaku, who traced his origin and status to the era ofMehmed II (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481). In the period of thePashalik of Shkodra,Kara Mahmud sought to expand northwards in the old lands ofIvan Crnojević of the Middle Ages. In order to legitimize and strengthen his claim, he put forward another theory that he descended fromSkenderbeg Crnojević, Ivan'sMuslim son.[3][4]
Albanian writerSami Frashëri asserted that the Bushati family were descendants of theDukagjini family.[5]
Their dominance of the Shkodër region was gained through a network of alliances with various highland tribes. Even after the fall of the pashalik in 1831, the Bushatis continued to play an important role in Albanian society. During the 19th century,Shkodër was also known as acultural centre and in the 1840s the Bushati library was built.
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| Dervish Bey | Omer Bey | |||||||||||||
| Sulejman Pasha Vali of Rumelia, 1115 AH | ||||||||||||||
| Halil Pasha | Ali Bey | Hasan Pasha | Arslan Pasha | Deli Hysen Pasha | Kapudan Mehmed Bey | |||||||||
| Mustafa Bey | Abdullah Pasha | |||||||||||||
| Haxhi Sulejman Pasha | Mehmed Pasha Plaku | |||||||||||||
| Mustafa Pasha Qorri | Ibrahim Pasha | Ahmed Pasha | Kara Mahmud Pasha | |||||||||||
| Mehmed Pasha died in Tirana, in 1217 AH | ||||||||||||||
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| Mahmud Pasha | Isuf Bey | Hasan Pasha | Riza Bey | |||||||||||
| Xhelal Pasha | ||||||||||||||
For the village in Kosovo also sometimes called Bushati, seeKomorane.
... упадима и организованим нападима Скадарскога везира Махмуд-паше Бушатлије. У кући Бушатлија чувала се традици- ја о њиховом пореклу од потурченога сина Ивана Црнојевића. «Та традиција о пореклу Бушатлија јачала ...
Bushatli, sicché in seguito i vizir albanesi di Bushatli pretesero di discendere dai Crnojevic
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